CORRELATION BETWEEN NIGHT SHIFT AND LOWBACK PAIN IN NURSES WHO WORK IN EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS IN TABRIZ, IRAN

Nursing belongs to some occupations that a person should work in night shift that encounter nurses with physical and mental disorders that low back pain can be one of them in which moreover than physical damage of this health caring group, cause have exess cost such as break down and early retired. The present research is a descriptive analysis in which the data were gathered by a two part Oswesty questionnaire and demographic characteristics of 380 nurses in Tabriz educational hospitals. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. It was obvoiuse that there was no relation between night shift and low back pain (Sig=0.98), however prevalence of low back pain in these nursing staffs was high. There was no relationship between demographic characteristics and low back pain except concerning the age variable. The prevalence of low back pain increased by increasing of the age. Nurses in night shifts encounter with variety of physical disorders which needs more envistigation to understand their effects. Interventions such as working in fix shifts and regulating shifts with regard to age, and if possible, applying aged and experienced nurses in areas with less workload, can be helpful in reducing low back pain. Also, systematic review studies on relationship between night work nurses and low back pain are recommended.